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Joseph M. Adelman
Framingham, MA | Professor of History, Framingham State University; Producer and Co-Host, Ben Franklin’s World
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Declaration of Independence digital humanities digital public history freedom of the press newspapers and media politics and culture (1760s-1790s) Post Office U.S. Constitution
Jim Ambuske
Charlottesville, VA | Director of Digital History, Inpursuit.org; Omohundro Institute Digital Fellow; Creator and narrator, Worlds Turned Upside Down; co-host, Revolutions in Retrospect, Scholar in Residence, Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, Iona University
Topics of Expertise digital public history early American legal history emigration and the American Revolution Loyalism Origins and history of the American Revolution Scotland transatlantic legal history
Friederike Baer
Philadelphia, PA | Professor of History and Division Head for Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington College
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Early National Period immigration Pennsylvania Philadelphia Revolutionary War
Richard Bell
College Park, MD | Professor of History, University of Maryland
Topics of Expertise 1619 Project American Revolution Anti-Slavery Struggle Declaration of Independence Early Republic Road to the Civil War
Edward J. Blum
San Diego, CA | Professor of History, San Diego State University; Director, American Revolution and Constitution History Project
Topics of Expertise Articles of Confederation Continental Congresses Data demography Information networks Numerical Information ratification of the US Constitution state constitutions (1776-1820s) the Census The Constitution
Mark Boonshoft
Charlottesville, VA | Conrad M. Hall ’65 Chair in American Constitutional History, Virginia Military Institute
Topics of Expertise Political violence in Revolution and early republic ratification of the US Constitution Revolutionary State constitutions slavery and the Constitution The purpose of education in early America voting rights in US history
Patrick Bottiger
Gambier, OH | Associate Professor of History
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Knowledge Systems Public History and Agriculture Secondary Education the Great Lakes
Rebecca Brannon
Harrisonburg, VA | Professor of History, James Madison University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution ideas about age in American life is America a gerontocracy? Loyalists South Carolina history the Founding Fathers
Benjamin L. Carp
New York, NY | Daniel M. Lyons Professor of American History, Brooklyn College; affiliated faculty, CUNY Graduate Center
Topics of Expertise American Revolution early American politics New York City Political Mobilization Seaport Cities society and culture the Boston Tea Party
Kate Carté
Dallas, TX | Professor of History, Southern Methodist University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitution and ratification Religion in US history religious freedom
Emily Conroy-Krutz
East Lansing, MI | Professor of History, Michigan State University
Topics of Expertise religious freedom US global engagement women in American civil society
Liz Covart
Boston, MA | Co-Founder, Clio Digital Media; Creator & Host, Ben Franklin’s World
Topics of Expertise AI and history American Revolution Articles of Confederation Digital media literacy and civics Early American politics and culture Origins of the American Union Speaking with the public about history and civics
Thomas H. Cox
Huntsville, TX | Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Colonial America Constitution Early Republic Early U.S.-Sino relations federalism interstate commerce
Christopher E. Czerwonka
Albany, NY | Research Fellow, SUNY Albany; Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
Topics of Expertise Bioethics Civil Rights and Liberties Constitutional Law Evidence FDR Federal Criminal Procedure Immigration Law and Policy Jury Trials Legal History Legal Medicine People with Disabilities in the Early Republic Presidential Libraries Simulation-Based Learning Tax
Stewart Davenport
Los Angeles, CA | Professor of American History, Pepperdine University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Civic Nationalism vs. Racial Nationalism Civil War Jacksonian America public history
Zachary Deibel
Lexington, VA | Assistant Professor, Virginia Military Institute
Topics of Expertise Education in the Atlantic World History of Education in Colonial and Revolutionary America Informal Learning in Early America Politicization of Education in Early America
Kathleen DuVal
Chapel Hill, NC | Carl W. Ernst Professor of History, UNC Chapel Hill
Topics of Expertise American Revolution foundations of American democracy
Carolyn Eastman
Richmond, VA | Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University; President of SHEAR
Topics of Expertise checks and balances contested ideas about democracy freedom of the press gender and women history of citizenship and public engagement political economy The Constitution and the Bill of Rights two-party system
Rachel Engl
Bethlehem, PA | Chair of History & Social Sciences Department, Moravian Academy
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Continental Army history of emotions manhood and masculinity in the early American republic
Todd Estes
Rochester Hills, MI | Professor of History, Oakland University
Topics of Expertise Constitutional Convention Early American Presidency Ratification Debates The Constitution
Paul Finkelman
Albany, NY | Visiting Professor, Toledo Law School; Professor Emeritus, Albany Law School
Topics of Expertise Baseball and the Rule of Law Citizenship and Immigration Civil Rights history Civil War and Reconstruction Constitutional Convention Freedom of Expression Freedom of Religion Judicial Biography Liberty in the Era of Revolution slavery and the Constitution The Constitution
Joanne Freeman
New Haven, CT | Alan Boles Class of 1929 Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University
Topics of Expertise American founders American Revolution and Early Republic creation of the Constitution and Ratification Early American Presidency freedom of the press meanings of democracy political culture political violence sectionalism two-party system U.S. Congress
Mark Kenneth Gardner
Charlestown, RI | Historian, Western RI Civic Historical Society; History teacher, Chariho Regional High School
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Bill of Rights Constitutional Convention and Ratification Dorr Rebellion Elections federalism RI and Antifederalism RI History Separation of Church and State Slavery and Civil Rights Structure of American Government
David Gellman
Hamilton, NY | Professor of History, DePauw University; Visiting Professor at Colgate University for 2026-2027 Academic Year
Topics of Expertise abolitionist movement Abraham Lincoln American Revolution Declaration of Independence founding generation and slavery/emancipation politics in the early republic
Jonathan Gienapp
Palo Alto, CA | Associate Professor of History and Law, Stanford University
Topics of Expertise American Political Theory Constitutional Interpretation Ideas and Principles of the American Revolution Meaning of Democracy Reconstruction Roots of American Constitutionalism Supreme Court The Constitution
Rebecca Brenner Graham
Providence, RI | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution in popular culture Religion-state relations in early republic
Joshua R. Greenberg
Pasadena, CA | Editor, Commonplace: the journal of early American life
Topics of Expertise American Political Theory in the 19th century and the Early Republic Democracy and Politics between the Revolution and the Civil War Money political economy
Aaron Hall
Minneapolis, MN | Assistant Professor
Topics of Expertise American constitutionalism Federal Constitution history of governance and the state political culture in the Early Republic politics of slavery
Terri D. Halperin
Richmond, VA | Independent scholar
Topics of Expertise Alien and Sedition Acts Founding of the U.S. Constitution political parties U.S. Congress
Emma Hart
Philadelphia, PA | Director, McNeil Center; Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Capitalism Civic participation in early America Elections Local Government
Michael Hattem
New Haven, CT | Associate Director, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Declaration of Independence and Constitution in culture founding principles Historical Memory museum history and practice
Suzette Hemberger
Washington, DC | Independent scholar
Topics of Expertise 18th c. African American political thought implementation interpretation) Making of the US Constitution (framing ratification
Christine Leigh Heyrman
Churchville, MD | Professor of History, University of Delaware
Topics of Expertise Antebellum religion and reform Anti-Catholicism and Anti-Mormonism Protestantism and Islam religious freedom
Sheri Ann Huerta
Fairfax, VA | Adjunct Professor, Honors College, George Mason University
Topics of Expertise free people of color freedom and manumission gender and slavery public history slavery and public memory Slavery in Virginia and law
Thomas J. Humphrey
Cleveland, OH | Professor of History, Cleveland State University
Topics of Expertise Crowds and Crowd Violence Farmers and the American Revolution Meaning of the American Revolution New York political culture
Donald F. Johnson
Fargo, ND | Associate Professor of History, North Dakota State University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution loyalism and political allegiance memory and memorialization military occupation political violence popular politics war and society
James M. Banner, Jr.
Washington, DC | Independent Scholar
Topics of Expertise constitutional history democratic norms early American politics educating for civic participation historical knowledge and public life origins and ratification of the Constitution political parties and governance principles of constitutionalism
Frank W. Garmon Jr.
Newport News, VA | Assistant Professor of American Studies, Christopher Newport University
Topics of Expertise business history currency economic history electoral college political economy public finance Taxation and the Constitution wealth in the early republic
Donald Zimmerman, Jr.
For Pierce, FL | Assistant Professor, Indian River State College
Topics of Expertise American Political History American Sectionalism Early Republic Freemasonry Jacksonian Democracy US to 1865
Jane Kamensky
Charlottesville, VA | President and CEO, Monticello; Professor Emerita, Harvard University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Declaration of Independence Educating for American Democracy roadmap women and civil society
Carl Robert Keyes
Worcester, MA | Professor of History, Assumption University
Topics of Expertise Digital Humanities and Digital Public History Era of the American Revolution Newspapers and Advertising Slavery in Early America
Cynthia Kierner
Fairfax, VA | Professor of History, George Mason University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution disasters Virginia history women and gender
Nathan Kozuskanich
North Bay, Ontario, Canada | Professor and Chair, Dept of History, Nipissing University
Topics of Expertise Benjamin Franklin colonial and Revolutionary America John Dickinson Second Amendment
Anna O. Law
Brooklyn, NY | Associate Professor of Political Science, Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College
Topics of Expertise checks and balances federalism Origins of migration and citizenship Origins of the US Constitution rule of law US constitutional law US migration policy
Gabriel Loiacono
Oshkosh, WI | Professor of History, UW-Oshkosh
Topics of Expertise Early Republic Founding Era of USA National Government and Local Government
CJ Martin
Worcester, MA | Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross
Topics of Expertise abolitionist movement and voting Black abolitionists party politics politics of slavery race racial justice and politics Republican Party Whig Party
Matthew Mason
Provo, UT | Professor of History, Brigham Young University
Topics of Expertise Origins and consequences of the American Revolution slavery and politics slavery and the U.S. Constitution
Kate Masur
Chicago, IL | Professor of History, Northwestern University
Topics of Expertise birthright citizenship Civil War and Reconstruction federalism Reconstruction amendments sectional crisis slavery and emancipation social movements
Shawn McKay
Williamsburg, VA | Volunteer Colonial Williamsburg; Retired Naval Officer
Topics of Expertise Archiving Black Americans in Colonial America origins of democracy Social history of Early American Republic
Margot Minardi
Portland, OR | Professor of History and Humanities, Reed College
Topics of Expertise American Revolution peace race and the law slavery and emancipation social movements (abolitionism U.S. and the wider world women’s rights)
Isabela Morales
Princeton, NJ | Author and Public Historian
Topics of Expertise African American history Legal History Museum education public history slavery and emancipation social/racial justice movements
Max Perry Mueller
Lincoln, NE | Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Topics of Expertise American religious history Indian slavery Native American history race and religion religions and worldviews of presidents settler colonialism
J. Patrick Mullins
Milwaukee, WI | Associate Professor of History and Public History Director
Topics of Expertise American Revolution civic culture influence of religion and Enlightenment natural rights political resistance visual culture and politics
Brian Murphy
New York, NY | Associate Professor, Rutgers-Newark; Fellow, Brennan Center
Topics of Expertise constitutional conventions early industrial and labor history Federal and state constitutions history of corporations political economy
Molly Nebiolo
Indianapolis, IN | Assistant Professor of History, Butler University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution colonialism digital humanities historical research and methodology history of public health urban development
Johann Neem
Bellingham, WA | Professor of History, Western Wash. Univ.
Topics of Expertise History Wars/Culture Wars Meaning of Democracy Principles of the American Revolution Purposes of Education The Constitution
Marcus P. Nevius
Columbia, MO | Associate Professor, University of Missouri
Topics of Expertise African American History to 1865 Enslaved Resistance Slavery and Democracy in the Age of Revolution
Kieran J. O’Keefe
Batesville, AR | Assistant Professor of History, Lyon College
Topics of Expertise American Revolution early American politics Memory New York Political Mobilization Revolutionary War Violence in Early America
Giuliana Perrone
Santa Barbara, CA | Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Topics of Expertise 19th century political history Civil War & Reconstruction History of the Present Slavery & Abolition US Legal history
Seth Perry
Princeton, NJ | Associate Professor of Religion in America, Princeton
Topics of Expertise denominations Religion in American History (16th-19th centuries) scriptures theologies
Mark Peterson
New Haven, CT | Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History, Yale University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution founding/chartering of colonies political economy religion in American history US Constitution
Patrick Rael
Brunswick, ME | Professor of History, Bowdoin College
Topics of Expertise 13th and 14th Amendments abolition African-American protest thought board games emancipation films Fugitive Slave Law Reconstruction today Slavery
John Ragosta
Charlottesville, VA | Independent Scholar
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitution early America loyal opposition religious freedom Sedition Act/Free Press
Gautham Rao
Washington, DC | Associate Professor of History
Topics of Expertise Civil War constitutional history Culture Wars Founding of US Law and Slavery Legal History Supreme Court History
Nathan Rives
Ogden, UT | Assistant Professor of History, Weber State University
Topics of Expertise American religious history Early Republic and Civil War history education moral reform associations political ideas politics and civil society religion
Seth Rockman
Providence, RI | George L. Littlefield Professor of American History, Brown University
Topics of Expertise capitalism and democracy economic/social dimensions of American Revolution and Ratification Slavery
Lori Rogers-Stokes
Arlington, MA | Independent scholar
Topics of Expertise Indigenous-English Congregationalism puritans in Woodland New England women's history
Jessica Choppin Roney
Philadelphia, PA | Director Designate of the Library Company of Philadelphia and Associate Professor, Temple University
Topics of Expertise admission of states American Revolution Colonial America early constitutional history political history voluntary associations western expansion
John Ruddiman
Winston-Salem, NC | Associate Professor of History, Wake Forest University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitution and early republic military mobilization Race and Anti-Slavery
Francis Russo
Madison, WI | Visiting Assistant Professor, UW-Madison
Topics of Expertise American Revolution to Civil War Capitalism democracy meanings of freedom political economy Pragmatism social reform
Eric Schlereth
Dallas, TX | Professor of History, University of Texas at Dallas
Topics of Expertise American Revolution citizenship emigration and immigration national borders religion and politics religious freedom
Andrew Shankman
Philadelphia, PA | Professor of History, Rutgers University
Topics of Expertise Constitution federalism Meaning of Democracy Principles of the Revolution rule of law Separation of Powers
Rachel Shelden
State College, PA | Associate Professor, Penn State University and Director, Richards Civil War Era Center
Topics of Expertise Civil War Constitution Democracy in the 19th Century federalism Lincoln Reconstruction Supreme Court
Asheesh Kapur Siddique
Northampton, MA | Associate Professor, Umass-Amherst
Topics of Expertise British empire constitutions early America and the world higher education political economy public records and archives
Emily Sneff
Royersford, PA | Historian and Consulting Curator
Topics of Expertise Declaration of Independence Founders
Jason Stacy
Edwardsville, IL | Distinguished Research Professor, SIU Edwardsville
Topics of Expertise Antembellum US history/civics education politics and culture print culture secondary pedagogy
Grant Stanton
Newark, NJ | Assistant Professor, Drew University
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Black Politics Civil War Colonial Society Constitution Enlightenment Legal History Race and Slavery
Mary Stockwell
Toledo, OH | Professor of History (retired)
Topics of Expertise America as a Revolutionary Republic Major American British French and Native American Political & Military Leaders of the Revolutionary Era & Early Republic American Revolution American West Early National Period Native American history Northwest Ordinance and Early Land Ordinances the Ohio Country the War of 1812 U.S. Constitution
Dillon Streifeneder
Poughkeepsie, NY | Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Civil-Military Relations Development of Democracy Local governance State Constitutions
John Suval
Capon Bridge, WV | Independent Scholar
Topics of Expertise 19th-century U.S. history Democracy and cultural expression Democracy and the American West Jacksonian political culture Public lands
Mark L. Thompson
Groningen, Netherlands | Senior Lecturer, American Studies
Topics of Expertise antislavery Declaration of Independence political parties political traditions popular culture and Founders slavery and the Constitution
Tamara Plakins Thornton
Buffalo, NY | Professor Emerita, SUNY Buffalo
Topics of Expertise Bill of Rights Census and Representation Gerrymandering Informed Citizenry Literacy and Press political parties slavery and the Constitution
Kyle G. Volk
Missoula, MT | Professor of History, University of Montana
Topics of Expertise American State Civil Rights & Liberties Grassroots Politics History of U.S. Democracy Legal History Political Thought
Kevin Vrevich
Middletown, CT | Upper School Humanities Teacher, Moses Brown School
Topics of Expertise electoral policies political parties regionalism religion and politics slavery and politics social movements state politics
Harry Watson
Chapel Hill, NC | Atlanta Distinguished Professor in Southern Culture, emeritus
Topics of Expertise Early Republic Jacksonian America making constitutions political history political parties slavery and sectional conflict
Barbara C. Wingo
Gainesville, FL | Courtesy Professor, University of Florida
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Constitutional Law religion writing and ratification of the Constitution
John C. Winters
Alexandria, VA | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RRCHNM
Topics of Expertise history of memory history of museums imperial history Native American history
Nicholas P. Wood
Mobile, AL | Associate Professor, Spring Hill College
Topics of Expertise American Founding American Revolution Slavery and Race in early American History
Helena Yoo-Roth
Philadelphia, PA | Barra Postdoctoral Fellow, McNeil Center
Topics of Expertise American Revolution Colonial America communications systems imperial crisis political culture
Rosemarie Zagarri
Arlington, VA | Distinguished University Professor, GMU
Topics of Expertise American Revolution and the World Early State Constitutions and US Constitution Revolutionary Women
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